End-gate for wagons



s, D. FRY, End-Gate for Wagons. No. 224317. Patented Feb. i0, 1880.

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PATENT OFFICE.

' STEPHEN D. FRY, OF ATTIGA, INDIANA.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming partof I Letters Patent No. 224,417,

dated February 1o, 1880.

Application filed December 24, 1879 To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. FRY, of Attica, in the county of Fountaima'nd. in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dump-Gate and Scoop-Board both in one; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

,exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thelet .ters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of an end-gate for wagon-bodies, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a 1ongitudinal section of a wagon-body embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 a rear elevation, of the same.

A represents a wagon-body of any suitable construction, provided with the end-gate B. This gate is provided with segmental side pieces, 0 O, which extend forward close to the sides on the .inside of the wagon-bod y, andin each sidepiece is a curved slot,a. Through this slot is passedfrom the. inside a headed bolt, 1), which also passes through the side of; the wagon-body, and has a nut, d, screwed onthe outer end. Themain gate Bis further] provided with a smaller gate, D, hinged atit-s upper edge, opening outward, and, when closed, fastened by hooks h, catching-in staples i in recesses in the bottom of the wagonbody. v

The main end-gateB may be turned rearward atan anglc,-as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 1, forming what is known as a f scoop-board for the wagon, while the auxiliary gate D forms a dump-gate. If desired, however, the main gate may be turned upward after it has been turned down at an angle and after the hooks it have been un-hooked, so as to form alarger dump-gate.

It is evident that the slotted side pieces,'O, may. pass onthe outside of the wagon equally as well as on the inside.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V I 1. The combination, with a wagon-body, A, of theend-gate B, provided with slotted side pieces, 0 0, the bolts 1), and nuts d, substantially as and for the purposesherein setforth. 2. The end-gate B, provided with slotted side pieces, 0 G, and hinged gate D, in combination with the body A, bolts 1), and hooks h, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I1 claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this 26th day of "November, 1879. p

' STEPHEN D. FRY.

Witnesses: FRANKLIN YERKEs, ORANGE SrTULLIs. 

